Out of the nearly 6,000 people surveyed, 48 percent of people in IT said that they need to make six figures in order to feel successful. This number was 38 percent for those in sales and 37 percent for those in finance.

But not everyone thinks that that a bigger paycheck equates to success. In fact, the study revealed that 75 percent of those surveyed said that they don't need to earn six figures in order to feel this way.

“I think people will be surprised by the number of workers who don’t feel six figures equals success,” said Rosemary Haefner, VP of human resources at CareerBuilder.